Mostartistshaveafavoritematerialtheyliketoworkwith.For28-year-oldKristenAlyceithappenstobetrash.Thedesignerusesherunusualabilitytomakebeautifulclothingthatsellsforthousandsofdollarsoutofgarbagelikeemptydrinkbottles.

  KristenAlycesaystheideacametoheraftershesawhowmuchwastesheandherthreecollegeroommatesproducedeveryday.Thenshebegantodreamaboutchangingthethrown-awaybagsandpackagesintobeautifulclothing.Herfirstdresswasmadeofplasticbagsandmagazines.Itwasspecialfunandevenattractive.Howeversheonlymadeittotesthercreativity.

  Theyoungdesignerdidnotconsiderstartingacompanyuntilshespentaweekworkinginafamousfashioncompany.Thereshewatchedtheexcitementcreatedbynewandoldstylesofclothinganddecidedtoseewhetherherunusualideawouldsucceedornot.Shebeganbycreating12garbage-madedresses.Theywereagreatsuccessandhercompanywasbom!

  Todayhercompanyproducesallkindsofclothes.KristenAlyceofcoursedoesn’tsearchforhermaterialintrashcansanymore.Insteadshefindsitfromcompaniesthathaveproducedmorethantheyneed.Sincethedesignercanworkwithanythingfromyellowpagestocandywrappers(包装爹氏)，findingtrashisneveraproblem.

  Howeverifyouthinkthegarbage-madedressescomecheapthinkagain.Thepriceforready-madecreationssellsfrom$500to$1500.ThoughthatmayappearexpensiveKristenAlycesaysthatshehasnoshortageofcustomers.

53.WheredoesKristenAlycesearchforhermaterialnow?____

   A.Intrashcans.

   B.Inhercollege.

   C.Fromcompaniesthathaveproducedmoretrash.

   D.Inafamousfashioncompany.

54.Fromthepassagewecanknowthat____.

   A.KristenAlycemakesbeautifulclothingoutofgarbage

   B.KristenAlyce'sfirstdresswasmadeofclothbagsandbooks

   C.thegarbage-madedressesarecheap

   D.KristenAlyceconsideredstartingacompanyassoonasshegraduatedfromcollege

55.Whafsthebesttitleforthispassage?____

   A.KristenAlyceandHerGarbage-madeDresses

   B.HowKristenAlyceLivesaGreenLife

   C.Garbage